Little Curlew
Numenius minutus
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The little curlew (Numenius minutus) is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It is a very small curlew, which breeds in the far north of Siberia. It is closely related to the North American Eskimo curlew.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds patchily in subarctic taiga of west-central to east-central Siberia; winters coastal and inland south-central New Guinea, Port Moresby area (southeastern New Guinea), and northern Australia to west-central and east-central coasts.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Little curlew
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
